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Nevadans weigh in about their choices in the state-run presidential primary.

With top GOP officials recommending Republican voters to select "none of these candidates" in the primary — something Gov. Joe Lombardo said he'd do as he planned to caucus for Trump — the protest choice could also disrupt a Haley victory.

This isn't Burgess' first time working in elections and it isn't even her first time following a predecessor who left as a result of the difficult working conditions registrars and clerks have faced since the Big Lie — the baseless conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen thanks to massive voter fraud. 

The third-party presidential candidate cast himself as the person who can bring back faith in the nation's political system.

Biden also spent much of the speech touting accomplishments from his first three years in office, including promoting a $3 billion federal investment for a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California.

Without a caucus to run — which requires significant money and time — and with an uncompetitive primary, Biden's staff can focus exclusively on building out a volunteer operation and testing their messaging early into the cycle.

"And Nevadans, I think, will decide whether there's enough of a base of support for me to continue," Williamson told The Nevada Independent on Saturday.

Though somewhat overshadowed by the presidential race, Rosen and Nevada's three House Democrats have continued to raise money at a similar pace to the 2022 election cycle — a record-setting midterm in Nevada for election spending.

Though the vast majority of those ballots were not cast, mail ballots were the main driver behind record turnout, making up 80 percent of turnout in the Democratic primary and 75 percent of turnout in the Republican primary.

At an East Las Vegas rally, Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump represents a "profound threat" to our freedoms and our democracy.

Trump, speaking Saturday, said Haley's New Hampshire support came from non-Republicans, and warned Nevadans against "wasting your time" on the state-run primary.

Although their candidacy does not become official until the filing period that begins March 4, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising.

Biden's visit will be two days before the Feb. 6 primary, which he is expected to win handily, and come on the heels of Vice President Kamala Harris' Jan. 27 visit to gin up excitement for the ticket at the onset of early voting.

In the three months since filing closed, Nevada's presidential caucus field has collapsed, and the number of candidates appearing on Nevada's caucus ballot has continually winnowed. All are now off the ballot except for Donald Trump — and Ryan Binkley.

Although the narrower version can move forward, an abortion rights group's more expansive first proposal is still being reviewed by the Nevada Supreme Court.

The GOP presidential primary race is down to just two people: Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. So what does that mean for Nevada, where they aren't even on the same ballot?

Though official candidate filings do not occur until March, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising. A look at what funds Northern Nevada candidates have going into the election.

In his first visit to Nevada this year, Trump will appear at a "commit to caucus" rally at Big League Dreams Las Vegas, a sports complex that hosts Little League games in East Las Vegas.

Though many of the recent high-profile losses by GOP candidates in Nevada have come at a time when the party has been defined by Trump, candidates who rejected Trump have suffered with the GOP base.

Vice President Kamala Harris will come to East Las Vegas on Jan. 27 for the first day of early voting for the state's presidential primary, marking the Biden-Harris campaign's first major campaign event in the battleground state in 2024.